Obama wins Henry County; even split on county board

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Nov 6, 2012 at 10:28 PMNov 6, 2012 at 10:30 PM

Oberg wins court clerk race

President Obama won over 50 percent of the vote in Henry County to just over 47 percent for Mitt Romney.The Henry County Board will have an even 10-10 split between Democrats and Republicans. In District 2, which includes Kewanee, eight of the 10 Democratic candidates were elected. Winners were Janice and Tom May, John Sovanski, Ted Sturtevant, James Kursock, Jerry Thompson, James Findley and Thomas Wiley.The only Republicans elected in District 2 were Roger Gradert and Dennis Anderson; Democrats Sammie Borst and Eric Hollaway were defeated.In District 1, eight of the 10 Republican candidates won. Ann DeSmith and Jo Anne Hillman were the only Democrats who won.Republican winners were Kathy Nelson, Tim Wells, Karen Ulrick, Rick Livesay, Loren Rathjen, Bill Preston, Jacob Waller and Marvin Gradert. Republican Jackie Oberg was elected circuit court clerk to succeed Deb Doss, who retired. Oberg had 12,893 votes to 10,214 to Democrat David Guzzardo.In the race for 17th District Congressman, incumbent Republican Bobby Schilling won Henry County with 55.7 percent of the votes. However, an unofficial count of all the counties in the district showed Democrat Cheri Bustos with 39,268 votes to 39,047 for Schilling.Incumbent Republican Donald Moffitt defeated Democrat Gus Junior of Atkinson 11,320 votes to 8,353 in Henry County. No district-wide results were available as of press time.In other ballot issues:- “Yes” votes on an advisory question on whether concealed carry of firearms should be legal in Illinois won by nearly a 3-1 margin.- In Geneseo, voters were asked whether video gaming should be allowed in the city. The measure was defeated by a margin of 1,730 to 1,713.

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